Android How to - Close Soft Input

Question

We would like to know how to close Soft Input.

Answer

The following method shows how to close the soft input from the focused view.

It gets the InputMethodManager first from the context and calls the hideSoftInputFromWindow to hide the soft input.

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import android.content.Context;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;

public class Main {
  public static void closeSoftInput(Context context, View focusingView) {
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context
        .getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(focusingView.getWindowToken(),
        InputMethodManager.RESULT_UNCHANGED_SHOWN);
  }
}